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Take this with a grain of salt, but I dated a woman whose face (particularly the eyes) seemed to glow during sex in a dark room. I brought it up with her sever

Take this with a grain of salt, but I dated a woman whose face (particularly the eyes) seemed to glow during sex in a dark room. I brought it up with her several times and she dismissed it as if I was making it up. It’s possible that the light foundation and makeup (she wore almost none) was reflecting light in some way, but I seriously doubt it. Edit: turns out it is a real phenomenon in the literature https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/620268 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-a...

trashface 4y ago
You are lucky, the other dudes she dated got melted by her eye lasers. Pile of dust, missing person report, no fuss no muss.
ramraj07 4y ago
I’ll take it with a kilogram of salt lol. Unless you were in a literal zero photon environment, fluorescence and hallucination are more believable explanations lol.
- feet 4y ago
  Reflection could even be the answer. The eye is a lense
  - sammalloy 4y ago
    Agreed, but here’s the thing: it’s never happened before with any of my other partners. Only her, and the room was pitch black. And yes, I was sober. She glowed in the dark. I can’t explain it. The room had blackout curtains. There was no visible light which is why it still haunts me.
    - feet 4y ago
      Did you have a device which detected visible light? Because there still may be small amounts of light even if we think there is none
aatd86 4y ago
I'm forced to take this with a grain of salt because, historically, people on HN have been admitting to psychedelic drug use much too often. ;D
- _a_a_a_ 4y ago
  Top tip: drugs wear of quickish and we, if sensible, spend only a small proportion of time dosed up :-)
NetOpWibby 4y ago
That sounds incredible tbh. Wish mine did that, can you imagine going Super Saiyan?!
_a_a_a_ 4y ago
I have seen something similar, brought on apparently by warmth. I've no possible clue as to the mechanism. The eyes did appear to glow though. Edit: it was the iris that 'glowed', not the pupil.
spiritplumber 4y ago
She's a Cylon!

trashface 4y ago

You are lucky, the other dudes she dated got melted by her eye lasers. Pile of dust, missing person report, no fuss no muss.

ramraj07 4y ago

I’ll take it with a kilogram of salt lol. Unless you were in a literal zero photon environment, fluorescence and hallucination are more believable explanations lol.

feet 4y ago
Reflection could even be the answer. The eye is a lense
- sammalloy 4y ago
  Agreed, but here’s the thing: it’s never happened before with any of my other partners. Only her, and the room was pitch black. And yes, I was sober. She glowed in the dark. I can’t explain it. The room had blackout curtains. There was no visible light which is why it still haunts me.
  - feet 4y ago
    Did you have a device which detected visible light? Because there still may be small amounts of light even if we think there is none

aatd86 4y ago

I'm forced to take this with a grain of salt because, historically, people on HN have been admitting to psychedelic drug use much too often. ;D

_a_a_a_ 4y ago
Top tip: drugs wear of quickish and we, if sensible, spend only a small proportion of time dosed up :-)

NetOpWibby 4y ago

That sounds incredible tbh. Wish mine did that, can you imagine going Super Saiyan?!

_a_a_a_ 4y ago

I have seen something similar, brought on apparently by warmth. I've no possible clue as to the mechanism. The eyes did appear to glow though. Edit: it was the iris that 'glowed', not the pupil.

spiritplumber 4y ago

She's a Cylon!